July Special - Buy 3 Designer Papers and get 1 FREE

The special for July is to buy 3 designer paper packages and get 1 designer paper FREE!  For the entire month of July, for every three designer series paper packs you purchase on the same order, you will receive one FREE designer series paper packs ($10.95 value).

The designer series paper packs are on page 186-187 in our 2014/15 Catalog.  The designer series paper packs are:
#133698     Flowerpot Designer Series Paper                    $10.95
#133699     Flashback Designer Series Paper                    $10.95
#133693     Sweet Taffy Designer Series Paper                 $10.95
#133692     Confetti Celebration Designer Series Paper    $10.95
#133694     Park Lane Designer Series Paper                     $10.95
#133696     Maritime Designer Series Paper                      $10.95
#133695     Lullaby Designer Series Paper                        $10.95
#133700     Back to Black Designer Series Paper              $10.95

You can place your order by clicking here or emailing me.

Please leave a note on which one is your favorite designer series paper design in our new 2014/15 catalog.

Thank you for visiting today.  God Bless.

Backyard Basics Card

Here is a beautiful flower card for a Tuesday post.  Here is another card the we made at the retirement class.  I had just ordered this stamp set and then a month later I found out it was listed on the discontinued list.  So I wanted to use the stamp set before it was discontinued.  It is a beautiful bright card to give to someone special.  

I was late in ordering some of the new items from our new catalog, so I have an order being delivered.  So I will be getting some of the new items created and posted.  It may not be till this weekend because we started our 10 hours at work this week.  So its a rough week for me getting used to my long work day.

Here is the recipe:
Backyard Basics stamp set
Gumball Green, Tangerine Tango and Whisper White card stock
Retro Fresh Designer Paper
Jet Black StazOn Ink Pad (101406)
Gumball Green and Tangerine Tango stamp pad
Aqua Painters (#103954)
Banners Framelit Die (#132173) and Ovals Collection Framelits (#129381)
Square Lattice emboss folder (discontinued)

Thank you for visiting today.  Please leave a comment on what is your favorite stamping technique.
 

Creative Elements Birthday Card

Our new 2014/15 catalog is available to order from today starting at now.  I am excited to share the new catalog with you.  I am sharing a beautiful birthday card that we created using a fun stamp set Creative Elements that is now discontinued and also the butterfly.  This was one of my favorite stamp sets that were discontinued from the 2013/14 catalog.

My order order of some of the new supplies will be delivered today with a couple sets of the new Blendabilities.  Our blendabilities are our alcohol ink markers that are made for blending and shading.  I can't wait to play with them.

Here is the recipe:
Creative Elements and Express Yourself  "happy birthday" (hostess discontinued) stamp set
Blushing Bride, Soft Suede and Whisper White card stock
Soft Suede stamp pad
Banners Framelits Die (#132173)
Elegant Butterfly Punch (#127526) not an exact match but with sponging it looks great
Crumb Cake 1/2" seam binding ribbon (#122332)
Pearls Basic Jewels (#119247)

Thank you for visiting today.  If  you would like a new 2014/15 catalog, please email me and I can get you a catalog.  Please leave me a comment about your favorite stamp set.
 

Secret Garden Happy Brithday Card

I hope that everyone is having a great Saturday this weekend.  It is a beautiful day so I wanted to share a card we created at our"Retirement Party" this past month.  This stamp set Secret Garden will be discontinued with our 2013/14 catalog.  Sorry I have not posted this earlier, but I have been having a problem with my watermark program and had to buy a different program and like it better then then old one that I was using.  It is so much easier to put the watermark on my photos.  So here is a beautiful card to give to someone for a special birthday.  It is a bright and cheerful birthday card.  We used the secret garden stamp set and framelits that are being discontinued.  

Here is the recipe:
Secret Garden (#131940 W and #129144 C) and Bring on the Cake "Happy Birthday" #128490 W & #121958 C) stamp sets - both are being discontinued 
Papillon Potpourri (#132058 W & #123759 C) stamp set (the small butterfly)
Wisteria Wonder and Whisper White card stock
Gumball Green, Wisteria Wonder and Tempting Turquoise stamp pads
Secret Garden framelits (#129372)
Elegant Butterfly (#127526) and Bitty Butterfly (#129406) punches
Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels (#129324) being discontinued too

Sure hope you enjoyed your visit today.  Please leave a comment about what is your favorite item being discontinued.  Have a great rest of your weekend.  God Bless.

Wetlands Birthday Card

Happy Tuesday everyone.  It is a beautiful day in southern California today.  I was able to do a little stamping this weekend, so I would like to share some of my projects with you this week.  I wanted to share with you a really cool technique to do.  I used the label collection frame lit on a extra piece of card stock the same size as the whisper white card stock (3.75" x 5") and used the frame lit to cut out the design, then I put it over the whisper white card stock and used the 2 two colors to sponge in color in the cut out area. I liked the sponged look on the card.  This was a fun card that we made in class earlier.  I thought it was a good technique for today. 

Here is the recipe:
Wetlands stamp set (#126695 W or #126697 C)
Coastal Cabana, Soft Suede and Whisper White card stock
Coastal Cabana and Soft Suede stamp pads
Label Collection Frame lits (#125598)
Decorative Label Punch (#120907)
Natural 7/8" trim (#129287) - this ribbon is being discontinued

Thank you for visiting today.  Please leave a comment about this card.  

Tag Punch Side Card and Candy Holder

Happy Monday Morning.  This past weekend the weather here in Southern California was beautiful.  We had some wind and going down the hill into Riverside Sunday, the sky was so blue.  I did work on some stamp projects this weekend.  I needed some thank you notes and realized I did not have that many in my box of cards.  So this week I will need to make some thank you cards.  I created this thank you card for a co-worker who has been substituting in our office and today is her last day.  So I have seen these  tag punch on sides of cards, so I looked on line to see how to do it.  It is very easy.  You just need to pull the card stock up over the slider they have on the punch.  I also made a candy holder but I put tea bags inside instead of candy.  She likes to have tea.  Usually you do not see whats inside, but the tea bags are wider and larger then candy.  I think it is a great little gift idea.

Here is the recipe:
Petite Petals (#133155 clear), Your Lovely (Sale-a-bration set) and Express Yourself (Hostess set #130399) stamp sets
Real Red and Whisper White card stock
Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack (#132996)
Petite Petals (#133322) and Scallop Tag Topper Punch (#133324)
Deco Labels Collection framelits (#130102)
Whisper White 1/4" stitched grosgrain ribbon (#126877)
Rhinestone Basic Jewels (#119246)

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think of the thank you card and candy holder.

Blessed Easter Card

Happy Thursday morning.  We have had some rain the last few days here in sunny southern California and so I thought I would share a beautiful spring card.  We created this card in our Spring Card Class. This stamp set is in our Occasions Catalog on pg 20 and it is a single wood stamp.  It is a beautiful card with tulips that we water colored with the aqua painter.  It is great card to make for Easter that is this month.

Here is the recipe:
Blessed Easter stamp set (#133212)
Gumball Green, Smoky Slate and Whisper White card stock
Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper (#132994)
StazOn Jet Black stamp pad (#101406)
Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight and Gumball Green ink for the water coloring of the tulips and leaves
Aqua Painter (#103954)
1/2" Daffodil Delight Seam Binding

Thank you for visiting today.  Please leave a comment on what you like a about this beautiful Easter card.  God Bless.